Mr and Mrs John Julius Angerstein
by LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas, Oil on canvas, 252 x 160 cm
This portrait is one of Lawrence’s masterpieces and depicts, together with his wife, one of the founders of Lloyds insurance market. He was a great collector and the purchase in 1828 of his collection formed the nucleus of paintings for the National Gallery in London. The Portrait of the Children of John Angerstein, a painting also in the Louvre, are the young children of this couple.